2081S0010X - Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Sports Medicine
Updated on July 01, 2023. Version 23.1
A physician who specializes in Sports Medicine is responsible for continuous care related to the enhancement of health and fitness as well as the prevention of injury and illness. The specialist possesses knowledge and experience in the promotion of wellness and the prevention of injury from many areas of medicine such as exercise physiology, biomechanics, nutrition, psychology, physical rehabilitation, epidemiology, physical evaluation and injuries. It is the goal of a Sports Medicine specialist to improve the healthcare of the individual engaged in physical exercise.
Source: American Board of Medical Specialties, 2009. www.abms.org [7/1/2009: definition added]